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On December 13, President Obama declared that he was not elected to
help the “fat cats." But the cats got another version of that memo. A
day later, 10 of them were supposed to partake in some White House
face-time to talk about their responsibilities to the rest of the
country, but only seven could make it. No-shows for the "very serious
discussion" -- due to inclement New York weather or being too busy with
internal bonus discussions to bother with the President -- were Goldman
Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack and Citigroup
Chairman Richard Parsons.

China built its famous Great Wall to keep out
marauders. Now, millennia later, a "Great Green Wall" may rise in
Africa to deter another, equally relentless invader: sand.

The proposed wall of trees would stretch from Senegal to Djibouti
as part of a plan to thwart the southward spread of the Sahara,
Senegalese officials said earlier this month at the UN's Copenhagen
climate conference.

Sharyl Attkisson is a CBS News correspondent and investigative
reporter. She’s covered Capitol Hill since February 2006 and has been a
Washington-based correspondent there since January 1995. She was also
part of the CBS news team that received the Edward Murrow Award in 2005
for overall excellence. Additionally, she received an Outstanding
Investigative Journalism Emmy in 2002 for a series on the Red Cross.

Be aware the H1N1 swine flu is being touted by government and health
agencies worldwide as the next pandemic and are selling millions of
vaccines. In our opinion the fear of pandemic is being intentionally
created without considering the side effects and possible health
consequences of this and other vaccines which remain controversial at
best.

This may one day be known as the day
the American People convened, for the first time in over two centuries,
an Assembly of representatives of the People in order to fully exercise
of the "Capstone Right" -- i.e., the Petition clause of the First
Amendment.

At approximately 3:00 pm Wednesday, WTP Chairman Bob Schulz convened
the Assembly to begin the selection of Congress officers from the ranks
of elected Delegates who will preside over the 11-day long Assembly.
Constitutional scholar and former Presidential candidate Michael
Badnarik was selected as the presiding officer of the Congress while
Delegate .

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of
"Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20
years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and
unity.

Within moments of a confused announcement on Nov. 9, 1989 that East
Germany was lifting travel restrictions, hundreds of people streamed
into the enclave that was West Berlin, marking a pivotal moment in the
collapse of communism in Europe.

Here is the good news on the climate front: The Europeans have
ratcheted down their emissions targets, the Chinese are getting serious
about solar power and energy efficiency, and Washington is lumbering
toward a carbon cap.

These are steps toward the long-held goal: cutting global warming
pollution 80 percent by 2050. Such cuts would stabilize the thickness
of the heat-trapping carbon dioxide blanket surrounding the planet at
450 parts per million (ppm) and, we've been told, ensure that the
global average temperature increase would not exceed 2 degrees Celsius
(3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) from 1990 levels.